Buying guide
Booster T1 vs Figure 03 in 2026
Comparing 2 humanoid robots across availability, pricing, capabilities, and verified deployments. Current as of 2026.
Key differences
- Booster T1 is at the research stage; Figure 03 at the commercial stage.
| Attribute | ||
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Booster Robotics | Figure AI |
| Form factor | humanoid | humanoid |
| Maturity | research | commercial |
| Autonomy | — | ◐ not independently verified |
| Availability | announced-no-dateannounced | internal-onlyenterprise |
| Price | no price disclosed (not announced) | Not announced |
| Capability claims | — |
|
| Brain | — |
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| Verified deployments | 2China Agricultural University, Tsinghua University | 2Catalyst Brands, BMW Group |
| Privacy practices | — | — |
| Sources on file | 7 | 24 |
Editorial summaries
Booster T1
The Booster T1, from China's Booster Robotics, is a research and developer humanoid prominent in the wave of Chinese humanoids shown at CES 2026. There is no verified consumer price or delivery date on record in DEPLOY's registry. DEPLOY classifies its maturity as research and applies verified-vs-claimed discipline: commercial-ramping marketing and demonstrations are common across this cohort, but third-party verified deployment is the bar, and it is not yet met here.
Figure 03
Figure 03 is the current-generation Figure humanoid, positioned by Figure for both home and commercial-integration use cases; the verified deployment record is currently single-operator at Catalyst Brands' Reno distribution facility, with no shipped home units on record. The BMW Spartanburg pilot, frequently cited as Figure's enterprise proof point, was Figure 02. That deployment concluded in November 2025 and does not transfer to Figure 03's verification record. Figure describes the platform as fully autonomous in the demonstrated tasks, a framing that DEPLOY tracks as a claim rather than an audit until third-party reproduction lands.
Common questions
- What is the difference between Booster T1 and Figure 03?
- Booster T1 and Figure 03 are both humanoid robots on the DEPLOY registry. They differ in maker, maturity, price, verified deployments, and how much of their autonomy is independently verified. See the table above for the full head-to-head; each figure is sourced.
- Is Booster T1 or Figure 03 more autonomous?
- On the DEPLOY registry, neither Booster T1 nor Figure 03 has capabilities independently verified as fully autonomous yet; their recorded capabilities are teleoperated-assisted, demonstrated, or vendor-claimed. See the table for each capability's verification status.
- Which has more verified deployments, Booster T1 or Figure 03?
- Booster T1 and Figure 03 each have 2 verified deployments on the DEPLOY registry (confirmed at named sites with primary sources).
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